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it home reported on september 15 that bloomberg news quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that the us chip giant intel recently received a federal grant of up to us$3.5 billion (it home note: currently about rmb 24.858 billion) to produce advanced chips for the us department of defense. the funds come from a project called "secure enclave", which aims to transfer the production of leading military application processors back to the united states.

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intel is currently the only company that produces leading-node chips in the united states, and the company's most advanced process technology - 18a - is expected to begin mass production in 2025, when it is expected to become the world's most advanced manufacturing technology. because the u.s. military and intelligence agencies need to produce advanced chips domestically, they created the "secure enclave" project.

the "secure enclave" project focuses on producing cutting-edge chips for defense and intelligence purposes in a "secure environment" in the united states, ideally in separate facilities isolated from the production of other components. since building a clean room dedicated solely to military-grade chips is almost unaffordable given the cost of modern factories, intel appears to have chosen another way to comply with the department of defense's security requirements.

it’s worth noting that while the secure enclave project focuses on advanced chips and leading-edge manufacturing processes, as the bloomberg report suggests, the project also covers other technologies.

the funding could be announced as early as next week, the people said.